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Linda Angounou
Angounou in 2024
Personal information
Birth nameLinda Christelle Angounou Ngouayaka
NationalityCameroonian
Born (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 32)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m hurdles: 55.94 (Troyes, 2023) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Cameroon
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Douala 400 m hurdles
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Accra 400 m hurdles
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya 400 m hurdles
Jeux de la Francophonie
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kinshasa 400m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kinshasa 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kinshasa 4x400 m relay

Linda Christelle Angounou Ngouayaka (born 23 September 1992) is a Cameroonian hurdler. She is the national record holder over 400 metres hurdles.[1]

Career

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In 2022, Angounou finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2022 African Championships in Mauritius.[2][3] She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[4]

She won the bronze medal 400 metres hurdles at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in August 2022, in Konya, Turkey.[5][6]

In July 2023, she set a personal best and national record over the 400m hurdles in Troyes, running 55.94 seconds.[7][8]

She won silver in the 400m hurdles at the Francophone Games in Kinshasa in August 2023. At the same games, she won gold with the Cameroon women's 4x100m relay team, and silver with the women's 4x400m relay team.[9][10][11]

She won bronze at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra in the 400m hurdles in March 2024, running 56.41 seconds.[12][13] She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Linda Angounou". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ "13th African Games: 30 Medals for Cameroon - CRTV". crtv. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "African Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Athletics - Women's 400m Hurdles results". BBC Sport. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Moroccan athlete Noura Ennadi wins gold medal in 400m hurdles at Islamic Solidarity Games". archysport. August 10, 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Islamic Solidarity Games: Noura Ennadi wins the gold medal in the 400m hurdles". le360.ma. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Troyes: seasonal for Mohad Abdikadar and second place for Giulia Aprile in the 1500 - great time for the Senegalese Mendy in the 110hs". atleticalive. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Meeting National d'Athlétisme de Troyes". World Athletics. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  9. ^ "CAMEROON AND IVORY COAST WIN GOLD IN THE 4X100 METER RELAY IN BOTH VERSIONS". August 3, 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Jeux de la Francophonie". World Athletics. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  11. ^ "A RECORD OF SUCCESS". jeux.Francophone. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Zimbabwe end African Games run with gold". Sunday Mail. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  13. ^ "African Games". World Athletics. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.


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